This past week, the viral AI hit "Jag vet, du är inte min" was removed from the music industry’s official Swedish top chart. The song could theoretically have been entered in Melodifestivalen - but the fictional artist "Jacub" was not allowed to perform it.
"I would say it's up to the music industry to move forward on this issue. How songwriters, artists and producers come up with their songs is somewhat up to them," says Anders Wistbacka.
An exception
The exception is the AI-generated voice.
"You can't present a computer that sings," he notes.
No openly AI-generated contributions have been received. However, there are suspicious examples.
"When we receive 50 contributions in all genres from the same person, it's not very credible," Wistbacka emphasizes.
Do you use AI to manage or review contributions?
"No, but we've talked about it. Say there were so many contributions that it would be difficult and expensive to handle, since we would have to listen to every single song. Then it's a practical question for me; in that case we would need to be able to handle it in a better way," says Anders Wistbacka.
Contributions are released
This year's Melodifestivalen begins in Linköping, where round 1 will be held on January 31. Competing acts include Greczula, Junior Lerin and A-Teens.
On Tuesday, the press will be able to listen to the first competition entries and on Friday they will be available to the public.
A total of 30 entries will participate in this year's Melodifestivalen across five competitions. The final will be held in Stockholm on March 6-7.
